Representatives of Legal Development Network offices that work with civil society organizations travel to other countries in order to take advantage of the positive experience of work of foreign NGOs and implement it on the territory of our state. Activists are getting acquainted with the results of reforms that are being implemented in other countries. Thus, guests from Ukraine have already had time to visit Denmark, Poland, Sweden. And recently they returned from Georgia, where they studied at the International School of Municipal Policy in Tbilisi, organized by the International Center for Municipal Democracy in partnership with the Legal Development Network with the support of International Renaissance Foundation.

What is community policing? What are forms of interaction between police and community? How effective are they and how to implement them? These and other questions were included into the agenda of the training "Community policing: partnership between police and community", held on April 18 in Bila Tserkva office of the Legal Development Network.

The Yes Men are Canadian activists who are driving the campaign for saving the environment to the maximum provocations, so attracting maximum attention to the problem. The team member Sean Devlin told how to conduct such actions in the master class "Yes Lab: brainstorming creative ideas" in the framework of the human rights programme of Docudays UA.

On July 27 in the village of Razliv and Bilozerka, Kherson region, a street action "Influence the budget of your village!" was held. It was organized by Bilozerka NGO "Youth center for regional development" within the framework of the Public Partnership "For transparent local budgets!"

Since March residents of remote villages in Volyn region can quickly and effectively protect their rights. Lawyers of Law community Center at the Center for Legal Aid provide free legal aid not only in the city of Kovel, but also in the villages.

Legal issues of Roma community tend to increase due to the current unstable situation in the country. Furthermore, these issues are growing and getting more and more social impact on Roma communities. One of the ways to resolve them is to turn to Roma Community Law Centers. There are nine Centers that provide free legal aid for Roma. They work with the support of “Roma of Ukraine” programme initiative (International Renaissance Foundation).

Each year Roma communities are more and more convinced that solving of their problems depends on willingness to work and commitment of Roma. But conviction is not enough; you should possess the skills and experience of self-organization.